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+ * O19 (Rev. 5-27-63) J [Farmtushes in “ agents* wo Burke Marshall, 2 Aides, tate authorities to request id, because of a Federal law Ihis chief civil rights aide’ andflas crossed ‘a state line. two other top Justice Depart-| They may also move when ent officials into Birming-|jt is suspected that persons ham to spearhead a ful! in-lhave ‘conspired to prevent vestigation of the Negrolothers from enjoying their church bombing that killed)constitutional rights. four children. ‘The spokesman said a bomb- ‘The three left Washingtonfing on Sept. 4 in Birmingham Jess than five hours afterpis under FBI investigation news of the tragedy was re- ported here. A spokesman for the Justice partment said that outside bomb experts also were being brought in to aid the officials Jand FBI agents who are assist: Investigations into bombings| in that area—and Birmingham has had a long| history of them—become ve difficult, because of the eagy accessibil- ity of dynamite. ing local authorities. Making the trip were Assist- ant Attorney General Burke Marshall, Assistant Deputy At-| torney General Joseph Dolan and the Attorney General's ad-| ministrative assistant, John] Nolan, . Marshall, who heads the De-, foartment's. civil rights divi-| sion, was the key figure in the mediations which brought an end to the racial strife in Birmingham last April and! May. No immediate comment was expected from President Ken- nedy, who learned of the bombing while aboard the White House yacht Honey) Fitz off Newport, R. I. The spokesman said the At- orney General is keeping his brother informed of the situa- tion as he has done in past! cial crises, An FBI spokesman said agents in Birmingham rushed] to the scene immediately and several more will be arriving from nearby cities. He said the FBI moves in automatically to assist in in- vestigations of violence like the Birmingham bombing, but fn this case the Departmenti has specifically directed a full investigation. Federal officials can step’ jo such cases immediatel; casa Waiting for NOHO Birmingham ts. of the church the 2ist time Tolson Belmont .. Mohr Casper —____ Callahan —____ Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen .- Sullivan Tavel Ordered (Tok Bomb Scene by Attorney General - By Wallace H. Terry Statt Reporter Attorney General Robert F.@ynich presumes that any ex- ‘ennedy yesterday ordered Bjosive used in a bombing Negroes have been the victims. But yesterday was the first time anyone was killed. Churches have been the tar- gets in seven instances, The frequency of racially related bombings has in- creased since the city moved into an uneasy settlement of racial differences last May and with the desegregation of Public schools Sept. 4. Four persons were injured May 11 when the home of the brother of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and a Negro motel were hit. On Aug. 20, a bomb caused extensive dam- age to a Negro attorney's home. It was again hit the night schools desegregated. Four days later, the home of the Negro businessman who owns the motel was fired. And last Tuesday a small concus- sion grenade went off in a Negro neighborhood. In the wake of the May 11 bombings, several persons, in- cluding policemen, were in- jured in a riot. The Sept. 4 bombing again set off rioting Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy t years that! REC- 31 which left one Negro dead and 20 injured. — ee ISI. ai ee The Wosbington Post ona f1~ ear os Herald jashington Dally News —_ — Evening Star BG 1053 New York Herald Tribune ——— New York Journal-American —_ New York Mirror lew York Daily jew York Post The New York Time: ‘The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journal ‘The National Observer —___ People's World Date SEP 1 6 1963